The City of Wabash is fiscally sound, Mayor Scott Long told the Wabash City Council and about a dozen citizens and department heads on Monday, Feb. 13.

Long’s remarks came at the end of his first State of the City address.

“We’ve got a healthy General Fund reserve that we try not to dip into,” he told The Paper of Wabash County following the address. “We try to increase it on an annual basis. We were able to do that this year, not by a lot but by a little bit.”

Cottage Creations in North Manchester recently expanded and added a boutique carrying the Simply Noelle and Victoria clothing lines for women. Photo by David Fenker

By David Fenker

NORTH MANCHESTER - Last summer, Bill Leonhard and his wife Denise ordered a line of spring clothing for their store, Cottage Creations, not knowing if they would have space to sell it.

After discussions with Matt Mize, owner of the building Cottage Creations is located in, the Leonhards were able to expand their business and open a boutique.

“The major part of the expansion is the boutique. My wife and I talked about it last summer and ordered the spring clothes, and then I went to Matt [Mize] and told him I was expanding my inventory and was interested in renting more space if he ever moved,” Leonhard said.

Eleven individuals are facing drug charges following a multi-agency effort to combat drug dealing in Huntington County on Wednesday, Feb. 15.

The Huntington County Sheriff’s Department and the Indiana State Police Drug Enforcement Section assisted the Huntington City Police Department in investigating approximately 20 individuals on drug dealing charges.

The Wabash City Police Department and Wabash County Sheriff’s Department served arrest warrants for the operation with the HCPD, HCSD, Andrews Town Marshal’s Office, Markle Town Marshal’s Office, Allen County Drug Task Force and ISP.

The MSD of Wabash County Board of Education continued its talks on the Southwood sewer project at its meeting Tuesday night, Feb. 14.

The project, which would update the Southwood elementary and high school existing sanitary system, would cost the board approximately $600,000, according to Keith Bryant, of United Consulting, which designed the project’s layout.